Thursday, July 02, 2020

Thursday Poem - Epiphany

Lynn Schmidt says
     she saw You once as prairie grass,
     Nebraska prairie grass,

she climbed out of her car on a hot highway,
leaned her butt on the nose of her car,
looked out over one great flowing field,
stretching beyond her sight until the horizon came:
vastness, she says,
responsive to the slightest shift of wind,
          full of infinite change,
          all One.

She says when she can't pray
She calls up Prairie Grass.

Pem Kremer

Pem passed away some time ago, and her poem is reprinted here with her son's permission. I have always loved it.

1 comment:

Guy said...

A lovely remembrance. I can see the wind in the grass.

Guy